by Mario Mergola | Mar 31, 2021
For the past year, I have written countless times about how “different” or “unorthodox” 2020 was. Both as an actual calendar year and as a season — baseball, football, etc. Normally, I throw in the caveat that we will have to gauge how...
by Mario Mergola | Mar 18, 2021
March Madness feels a little different this year. No kidding, right? So does everything else. But, pandemic-aside, there’s an element of waiting that has led to this moment. Part of this feeling has to be driven by the fact that the sports world shut down in...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 24, 2020
It’s finally time! Magazines are nearby. Coffee is brewing. I may not be in my exact same vacation spot — thanks a lot, pandemic — but football writing has begun! I’m hardly the first to detail how crazy and unorthodox everything has been in...
by Mario Mergola | Jul 21, 2020
I’m an emotional person who romanticizes baseball. I am currently in a state of wild emotions. I’m giddy because the season is here. Seriously, the thought of Major League Baseball being played is enough to send me into a state of unbridled joy. I’m...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 27, 2019
Ladies and gentleman, it is back. If you follow my writing anywhere – Twitter, really – then you know I’m involved in a lot of different projects. Almost all of them are experiments that will eventually be brought to Sporfolio. Some, I don’t...
by Mario Mergola | Mar 27, 2019
I think I went a little overboard. I love baseball. And I love projections. And predictions. And any other variant of the same word used for different purposes. I also love writing, and the days when I get to write about my predictions for a baseball team are among my...
